The definitive Jewish music fake book! 212 songs for every possible occasion, selected by the world's foremost authority on Jewish music. Includes music for weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, parties, and holidays in all music styles: Klezmer, Israeli, Dance, Yiddish, Sephardic, Hassidic, and more. Everything the professional musician will need for any Jewish event. Includes an alphabetical and category index. Songs include: Adir Hu * Adon Olam * Am Yisrael Chai, Az Der Rebbe Zingt * Bashana Haba'a * Chad Gadya * Choson Kale Mazel Tov * Dayenu * Di Grine Kuzine * Dodi Li * Donna Donna * Eliyahu Hanavi * Freylechs * Hal'lya * Hunkah Blessings * Hatikva * I Have a Little Dreydl * Jerusalem Is Mine * Kol Nidre * Light One Candle * Ma'oz Tsur * Miserlou * Od Lo Ahavti Dai * Oifn Pripitchik * Papirosn * Rumania * S'vivon * Shalen Alechem * Sher * Siman Tov * Tsena Tsena * Ufaratsta * Wedding March * Yidn * Yossel Yossel * Zemer Atik * and many more!
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Great Resource!:
This is a great resource for any musician to have. I recently played at a synagogue for a food festival, and I put together a small jazz group to play some songs out of this book. It is nice that it has chords and words, and enabled us to play with a jazz combo. The only suggestion I would have for this book would be to detail what specific holiday, occasion, or festival each song belongs to, so that someone doesn't play a funeral song at a birthday or something!
Otherwise, this book is laid out very... more info
More for Proffessional Pianists:
This book has an incredible selection of Jewish Songs, although the greatest downfall is that its lead sheet music. Most pianists from the age of 6 to 16-17 don't know how to read lead sheet music to a degree that is enjoyable. Most young pianists have not learned how to improvise nor even understand the logic of advanced chord structure and sound. i prefer that Amazon sells a Jewish song book that has Piano utilizing both the treble cleff and base cleff.
The Jewish Fake Book:
This book contains about 200 tunes. In general, I would recommend this book. The arranger, Velvel Pasternak did not always finish the chord symbols at the ends of songs and sometimes left out (a few) chords in the middle of songs. These were easy to figure out, however. The other drawback I found was the book is not laid out in alphabetical order, but by category of song. (There is an alphabetical listing at the back of the book.) When I looked for "Hatikvah" I expected it to be under SONGS OF ISRAEL. No,... more info
Nothin' Fake about this Fake Book:
I am a musician and occasionally I have to play at Jewish parties of various types. This book is as complete as you can get with all the traditional Jewish songs. It is very well organized and includes chord changes above the melodies, so anyone can put together a group and play from this book.
